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• iPad Love Hits 1,000 At SAP September 4, 2010
  Extending the iPad phenomenon from its high-profile executives to mainstream employees, SAP is equipping 1,000 of its workers with iPads running a range of enterprise applications, including SAP's own BusinessObjects BI tools, reports winshuttle.com.
• Nationwide Taps 'Citizen Developers' For Faster Apps September 3, 2010
  A team outside IT builds small apps that wouldn't be economical with a robust development process.
• CIO Profiles: Girish Varma Of Qwest Communications September 3, 2010
  One big lesson he's learned: Don't get enamored of technology for its own sake.
• Global CIO: Danger, Danger, Larry Ellison: The T-Shirts Are Coming! September 3, 2010
  Instead of campaigning to marshal support against Ellison's Java plans, Java creator Gosling has trivialized the issue with his insipid T-shirt "protest."
• Global CIO: IBM-Google Security Snafu Shows #1 Vulnerability Is Ignorance September 3, 2010
  IBM's ranking of software vendors by vulnerabilities is riddled with errors, so Google intervenes and goes from worst to first.
• Global CIO: IBM's Blazing New Mainframe Wins Raves From Citigroup September 2, 2010
  Citigroup says the z196's record-setting chips help deliver massive performance increase and flexibility that will result in greater innovation and value for customers.
• As Earl Looms, Tips to Batten Down IT September 1, 2010
  With forecasters predicting a very active hurricane season, experts say IT managers must review business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure to prepare for potential power outages and data center damage.
• Career Turning Points: Step Up to the Big Challenges September 1, 2010
  Formative Lessons from Successful IT Leaders - A CIO Executive Council Pathways career development monthly series
• Experience Base: Leaning from Turnarounds and Transformations September 1, 2010
  On-the-Job Leadership Development - A CIO Executive Council Leadership Development Monthly Series
• IBM Exec Slams Oracle Over Customer Philosophy September 1, 2010
  Oracle's begun promoting the idea that the IT stack can become much more manageable, much less expensive, and much less complex if CIOs will simply go with all-Oracle stacks. While Oracle says this novel approach is starting to gain traction among customers, IBM senior VP Steve Mills says it's all a bunch of typical Oracle testosterone-driven blath […]